# փոթոր
## Armenian
### Etymology

From Old Armenian փոթոր (pʻotʻor).

### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /pʰoˈtʰoɾ/, [pʰotʰóɾ]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /poˈtoɾ/, [pʰotʰóɾ]

### Adjective

փոթոր • (pʻotʻor) (Ganja)
* conical, cone-shaped
    Synonym: կոնաձեւ (konajew)

#### Descendants

* → Ottoman Turkish: پوتور (potur), پوطور (potur), پتور (potur), پطور (potur), پوتر (potur), پوطر (potur)
** Turkish: potur
** → Egyptian Arabic: بطر (buṭr)
** → Armenian: փօթուր (pʻōtʻur)
** → Bulgarian: потурна́к (poturnák)
** → Macedonian: потур (potur), потурнак (poturnak), потурјак (poturjak)
** → Romanian: poturi
** → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: по̀тур
    Latin script: pòtur

### References

* Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2012), “փոթոր”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume 7, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 12a

## Old Armenian
### Etymology

From փոթ (pʻotʻ) +‎ -որ (-or). According to Ačaṙyan, the basic meaning is "winding, twisted".

### Adjective

փոթոր • (pʻotʻor)
* conical, cone-shaped
** second half of 5th century or 6th century, Girkʻ Pitoyicʻ [Book of Chries] , (as quoted in the Armenian–Latin dictionary of Stefanus Roszka):Հեղգն որպէս փոթոր՝ եթէ ոչ բախի, ոչ շարժիHełgn orpēs pʻotʻor, etʻē očʻ baxi, očʻ šarži
** Vasn hamocʻ [On tastes] :Յայտնին՝ Է։ Ա. փոթոր (var. փոթոթն), Բ. թըթու, Գ. քաղցր […]Yaytnin, Ē. A. pʻotʻor (var. pʻotʻotʻn), B. tʻətʻu, G. kʻałcʻr […]

#### Usage notes

The second edition of Aṙjeṙn baṙaran alternatively glosses the word with "spinning top".

#### Derived terms

* փոթորակ (pʻotʻorak)
* փոթորեմ (pʻotʻorem)
* փոթորիկ (pʻotʻorik)
* փոթորուն (pʻotʻorun)

#### Descendants

* Armenian: փոթոր (pʻotʻor)
** → Ottoman Turkish: پوتور (potur), پوطور (potur), پتور (potur), پطور (potur), پوتر (potur), پوطر (potur)
*** Turkish: potur
*** → Egyptian Arabic: بطر (buṭr)
*** → Armenian: փօթուր (pʻōtʻur)
*** → Bulgarian: потурна́к (poturnák)
*** → Macedonian: потур (potur), потурнак (poturnak), потурјак (poturjak)
*** → Romanian: poturi
*** → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: по̀тур
    Latin script: pòtur

### References

* ↑ Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1837) “փոթոր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 945a
* ↑ Mayr cʻucʻak hayerēn jeṙagracʻ Maštocʻi anuan Matenadarani [General catalogue of Armenian manuscripts of the Mashtots Matenadaran]‎ (in Armenian), volume III, Yerevan: Magaġatʻ, 2007, § 745, column 589
* ↑ Mayr cʻucʻak hayerēn jeṙagracʻ Maštocʻi anuan Matenadarani [General catalogue of Armenian manuscripts of the Mashtots Matenadaran]‎ (in Armenian), volume X, Yerevan: Nairi, 2019, § 3071, column 327

### Further reading

* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “փոթ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 510a
* Awgerean, Mkrtičʻ (1846) “փոթոր”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language]‎ (in Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 764a
* Awgerean, Mkrtičʻ, Čēlalean, Grigor (1865) “փոթոր”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 811b
* J̌axǰaxean, Manuēl (1837) “փոթոր”, in Baṙgirkʻ i barbaṙ hay ew italakan [Armenian–Italian Dictionary], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 1434b
* Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “փոթոր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy